Notre Dame Day: A Special Notre Dame Family

Chloe Agnew Performs "Here Come The Irish"

 

This is from the final hour of Notre Dame Day Monday night...

Celtic Woman's Chloe Agnew -- sang three songs, with our favorite HERE COME THE IRISH at the end.

Enjoy!

A Great Notre Dame Storyteller -- Lou Nanni

 

I have had the honor of working for this man for 9+ years here at Notre Dame -- Lou Nanni is a great gift to his alma mater!

Alwaya a Great Interview -- Joe Theismann

 

A Notre Dame grad who just gets it -- Joe Theismann is one of our all-time favorite guests on Notre Dame Day...

Notre Dame Football's Spring Practice...

Notre Dame's Jeff Quinn "Mic'd Up"

Notre Dame Trumpets -- Notre Dame Day!

 

How we ended the 29 hours and 29 minutes of Notre Dame Day last night...

Chloe Agnew Performing on Notre Dame Day!

 

Chloe Agnew will be performing again tonight during the 8 PM ET Hour and again at the very end of the show during the 11 PM ET Hour -- where she'll be singing HERE COME THE IRISH.

Watch it all LIVE at:  notredameday.nd.edu

NBC Sports' Drew Brees on Notre Dame Day

Must See -- Mike Tirico on Notre Dame Day

 

One of my favorite Notre Dame Day interview of all-time!

We're LIVE until MIDNIGHT ET tonight -- join us again at 6:42 PM ET

LINK:  NOTRE DAME DAY -- WATCH IT HERE

Kat Quinn Performing on Notre Dame Day!

 

Kat, a Notre Dame alum -- will be performing LIVE from Los Angeles -- tomorrow during the 11 PM ET Hour of Notre Dame Day!

The celebration begins at 6:42 PM ET -- tomorrow (Sunday) April 18th!

Watch it LIVE at:  notredameday.nd.edu

From the Vault: Regis Philbin w/ Pat O'Brien

 

This is a classic...

Chloe Will Perform This On Notre Dame Day!

 

Chloe Agnew (of Celtic Woman fame) will be performing multiple times over the 29 hours of Notre Dame Day -- her latest single "Written On My Heart" will be one of the songs she performs!

LINK:  NOTRE DAME DAY BROADCAST SCHEDULE

First Look: Notre Dame Day Broadcast Guide!

The fun starts this Sunday at 6:42 PM ET -- you can watch every minute at:  notredameday.nd.edu

LINK:  ND DAY BROADCAST GUIDE

This Domer Will Perform on Notre Dame Day!

 

Notre Dame alum Zach Dubois -- now in MED SCHOOL -- will be performing LIVE this Sunday night during the 8 PM ET HOUR of Notre Dame Day!

LINK:  WATCH NOTRE DAME DAY RIGHT HERE!

Notre Dame Beats Army -- NCAA Tournament!

 

The Fighting Irish move on to play #10 ranked Oregon today at NOON ET.  You can watch the match on ESPN3.

Go Irish!

Notre Dame's Del Alexander "Mic'd Up"

A Notre Dame Story You Must See: Emily Eagle

Notre Dame Day Starts Sunday at 6:42 PM ET!

Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman "Mic'd Up!"

#4 Notre Dame Men's Lacross Beats #1 Duke!

Brian Kelly Meets w' Media Saturday...

Notre Dame Football Players' Media Session

#12 Notre Dame Beats #14 Georgia Tech!

 

The Fighting Irish make a great comeback -- to beat ACC foe Georgia Tech 10 - 9!

Notre Dame was down 7 - 0 early in the game...

LINK:  GAME STORY

Notre Dame's Brian Polian "Mic'd Up!"

Replay: Fighting Irish Foodies -- Risotto!

 

Notre Dame Chef Ryli Vissers taught us how to make Springtime Asparagus Risotto yesterday on Fighting Irish Foodies!

Billy Joel Concert Moved to June 25, 2022

 

Well, the legend Billy Joel will have to wait -- another year -- to perform inside Notre Dame Stadium...

Please Tune-in Today at 2:30 PM ET!

 

 

Join us LIVE at 2:30 PM ET -- TODAY! -- to learn how to make Risotto from Notre Dame Chef Ryli Vissers!

 

Watch it right here:  go.nd.edu/foodies

 

Domer Alohi Gilman Surprises His Dad!

Notre Dame's John McNulty -- "Mic'd Up"

Fighting Irish Foodies -- Thursday at 2:30 PM ET

 

Notre Dame's Chef Ryli Vissers will be our next guest chef on Fighting Irish Foodies!  Ryli will be teaching us how to make Risotto...

 

The fun starts at 2:30 PM ET -- Thursday (tomorrow)!

You can watch it right here at:  go.nd.edu/foodies

 

Notre Dame's Mike Mickens "Mic'd Up"

FanDuel: Arike Ogunbowale Interview

Replay: Incoming Hooper in Slam Dunk Event

 

Notre Dame incoming basketball student-athlete Blake Wesley competed in yesterday's High School Slam Dunk competition...

Incoming Irish Hooper on CBS Today!

 

 

 

South Bend Riley's own Blake Wesley will be participating in the HIGH SCHOOL SLAM DUNK CHAMPIONSHIP today on CBS at 1:30 PM ET!

 

Wesley is one of two local high school stars who have committed to play for the Fighting Irish this next season.

 

Should be fun!

 

Another Win Over a Top 25 Team!

Brian Kelly's Saturday Media Session

Player Interviews After Spring Practice #4

Happy Easter From Notre Dame!

Saturday's Spring Practice #4 for Notre Dame

Irish Wired: Lance Taylor Coaching...

ND Pro Day 2021: Brian Kelly Talks Ian Book

ND Pro Day 2021: Ian Book Interview

Highlights: Notre Dame Pro Day 2021

NBC's Notre Dame Pro Day Intro...

90 Years Ago Today -- Knute Rockne Killed...

 

This was the headline for the Chicago Daily News -- telling the death of the legendary football coach for the University of Notre Dame -- who perished in a plane crash in a Kansas field...

LINK:  KNUTE ROCKNE OBITUARY

OT: A Fire Took Away a Piece of My Life Today

 

This evening at 6:49 PM ET -- my cousin Kevin Sweeney (a ND GO IRISH BLOG regular) sent me a text with this video attached of a burning building...

It wasn't just any burning building it was a monument to my youth.  You see, my Grandpa and Grandma Doyle opened a brand new restaurant/bar in Mecosta County (Michigan) on the northern shore of Blue Lake -- on July 4, 1941 -- see add promoting it in a local newspaper.

 

 

I grew up just down the hill from Doyle's Supper Club -- what a wonderful place it was.  It was built from cedar logs hewn from the swamps in the area, because lumber was scarce during World War II. 

 

Here's what it looked like back in those early years...

 

 

I drank my first Coca-Cola, learned to love steak and a sauce called A.1. -- even met Olympic hero Jesse Owens -- inside these walls...  

 

I ran up that hill to Grandpa & Grandma's house -- which was adjacent to Doyle's Supper Club -- a million times.  Grandma was typically at home awaiting our arrival (the door was never locked) and Grandpa was next door -- tending bar and talking Notre Dame football to anyone who would listen...

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Here's a menu my brother Jay has --- from November 11, 1961. It was Grandpa Ray's birthday and a dozen of my dad's former Detroit Tiger teammates made a visit to Doyle's Supper Club that day and signed the cover of the menu for Gramp as a present -- see below (check out the prices);

 

 

So, it was shocking to learn this great log edifice was burning to the ground.  Over the last few hours I've received note after note from family and friends who also frequented these walls -- with messages like these...

• "We've had our annual company dinner here for the last 26 years..."
• "I had my first date here..."
  
• "Your Grandpa and my Dad were great friends..."
• "We celebrated our wedding reception here -- this is devastating..."
  
• "I drove up from Michigan State to have my first legal drink here and cousin RJ brought over my Uncle Ray (my Grandpa) to serve me that drink..."
• "I have called all my brothers and sister Maggie -- we're all devastated..."
• This note came from one of the Mayer's -- a family we loved like our own, that had 19 children -- many of whom worked at one time for my grandparents at Doyle's Supper Club. 
• "I wish I could spend an hour with you to tell you the story about the time my dad and Jim Bouton had a little to much to drink one night at Doyle's Supper Club..."

 

This special place has changed ownership over the years -- it's now called Blue Lake Tavern.  But, what never changed was how important this piece of real estate was to me, our family, our friends and the many I've never met in this rural region of the world.  

Yet, what has surprised me the most is how profound my grief is.  This was HOME and now she is in ashes...   Tough to swallow.

Memories are all that is left...

Yes, I'd rather go to Grandpa's house

Than any place I know

For Grandpa says I'm his boy

And, Grandma love me so...

 

This is a poem that Grandma Doyle would ALWAYS recite to her eight grandkids...

 

Today Show Story: Trey Mancini's Return!

 

The former Notre Dame baseball star and American League All-Star first baseman -- is making his return this week with the Baltimore Orioles after fighting a battle with colon cancer this past year...

ND Pro Day: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah

ND Pro Day: Liam Eichenberg Media Session